Improvement in steam-valves



E. H. BEWEY & B. H. PALMER. v Steam-Valve. 1

No. 361,599. PatentedApri|6,1875.

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THE GRAPHIC C0.PHDTO-LITH.39&41 PARK PLAGE,N.Y.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND H. DEWEY AND CHARLES H. PALMER, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO CHARLES H. DEWEY, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

lMPROVEMENT IN STEAM-VALVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,599, dated April 6, 1875; application filed December 24, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDMUND H. DEWEY and OHARLEs H. PALMER, both of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improved Steam-Valve, the purpose of which is to make such a distribution of the steam as to secure and maintain an equilibrium of pressure, whereby the friction usually arising from steam-pressure upon the valve is almost or Wholly obviated, all of which is clearly set forth in the followin g explanation, including the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon.

a is a cylinder fitted Within the cylinder 1), thus forming the exterior and interior of the valve. 0 c are grooves extending around the circumference of a, while at is a canal uniting said grooves. e is the steam-port, which connects by pipe directly with the steam-boiler, and by which grooves c 0 and canal d are constantly filled with live steam. f and. g are conduits through which steam enters, and is discharged from steam-cylinder h, while i and j are exhaust-ports. m is the lever, and a is the connecting-rod by which the valve is oscillated.

To obtain the desired extent of oscillation requires no explanation.

From this description it is seen that the Valve is a cylindrical oscillating Valve.

We claim 1. Cylinders a b, in combination with condnits f g, ports i, j, and 0, when arranged to operate by oscillation of the valve, substantially as herein set forth.

2. Groovesc c and canal d, when said grooves encircle the entire circumference of a, as and for the purposes described.

EDMUND H. DEWEY. CHARLES H. PALMER.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. M. RAMsAY, WALTER W. MONTAGUE. 

